The Cooper Institute Community Impact Report (2018-2019)

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56% THE COOPER INSTITUTE RESEARCH STUDY WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN SHOWS THAT FITNESS LEADS TO A 56% REDUCED RISK OF BOTH DEPRESSION AND DEATH BY HEART DISEASE. (JAMA PSYCHIATRY)

EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN

“SOMEWHERE, SOMETHING INCREDIBLE IS WAITING TO BE KNOWN.” CARL SAGAN

TOGETHER, WE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE AT ANY AGE. “The question has never been whether exercise is good for you, but whether extreme exercise is bad for you. For the past decade or so, there’s been increasing concern that high-volume, high-intensity exercise could injure the heart. We found that high volumes of exercise are safe, even when coronary calcium levels are high.” Dr. Benjamin Levine

Professor of Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine UT Southwestern Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

36% FITNESS CAN PROTECT THE BRAIN AS WE AGE, LEADING TO A 36% REDUCED RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA AND A 41% LOWER RISK OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. (ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE) (PREVENTIVE MEDICINE)

40% PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES CAN SAVE NEARLY 40% IN ANNUAL HEALTHCARE COSTS. (JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY)


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